Christmas Number One

The Number one spot in the British Charts is very prestigious and many bands and solo artists battle it out around Christmas to climb to the top of the charts and claim that much coveted prize! In recent years the Christmas Number One has been winners of pop-talent shows such as the X-Factor and Popstars and most of the songs have very little to do with Christmas. In fact only five Christmas Number Ones actually have the word Christmas in the title. Here you can read all about it and listen to some past winning songs.

This year old songs from the 70´s and 80´s such as Wham's Last Christmas have found their way back into the charts thanks to places like itunes who allow people to download older music.

Meanwhile here is this year's Christmas Number One, When you Believe, by Leon, winner of this year's X Factor.